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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aiw

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz.

Noun

*aiw m

  1. long time, age, eternity
Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *aiw
Genitive *aiwas
Singular Plural
Nominative *aiw *aiwō, *aiwōs
Accusative *aiw *aiwā
Genitive *aiwas *aiwō
Dative *aiwē *aiwum
Instrumental *aiwu *aiwum
Derived terms
  • *naiw
Alternative forms
  • *aiwu
Descendants
  • ⇒ Old English: āwa, ā (adverb)
    • Middle English: ō, ā
  • Old Frisian: ēwa; ēwe, ē
    • West Frisian: iuw
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: ā (adverb)
  • Old Saxon: ēo, ēu, ē (also adverb)
  • Old Dutch: ēwa
  • Old High German: ēwa, ēo, ēa
    • Middle High German: ēwe, ē
      • Alemannic German: Ee, E-e
      • German: Ehe
    • ⇒ Old High German: io (adverb)
      • Middle High German: ie
        • German: je

Etymology 2

Uncertain; probably from *aiw (“long time, age, eternity”), compare the semantics of cognates Latin iūs (“law”), Proto-Brythonic *jʉð (“judge”).[1]

Noun

*aiw m

  1. law
Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *aiw
Genitive *aiwas
Singular Plural
Nominative *aiw *aiwō, *aiwōs
Accusative *aiw *aiwā
Genitive *aiwas *aiwō
Dative *aiwē *aiwum
Instrumental *aiwu *aiwum
Alternative reconstructions
  • *aiwu f
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Old English: ǣw m, ǣ f
    • Middle English: æ, e
  • Old Frisian: ēwe, ē m, ā f
  • Old Saxon: ēo m
  • Old Dutch: ēwa f
  • Old High German: ēwa f
    • Middle High German: ēwe f, ē f

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aiwa/ō- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 16
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